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With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Peabody's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Peabody facts

Headquarters (founded)

St. Louis (1883)

Market Cap

$6.1 billion

Industry

Coal and consumable fuels

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$8.3 billion

Management

Chairman/CEO Gregory BoyceVice President/CFO Michael Crews

Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)

17%

Cash/Debt

$952.4 million / $6.7 billion

Dividend Yield

1.5%

Competitors

Arch CoalBHP BillitonCONSOL Energy

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 96% of the 2,077 members who have rated Peabody believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just last week, one of those Fools, jspatel, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:

[Peabody] is best of breed coal, with Australian operations that will likely cater to Asia's coal needs, while sporting a healthy balance sheet relative to its competitors which will help it ride out the storm while paying a 1.4% dividend that is safe (9% payout ratio). I don't think coal is going anywhere, global demand remains and natural gas will go back up in price here soon.

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